The Effect of Bone-Muscle Massage on Belly Obesity of Middle-aged Women

We, Gyung Suk; We, Soo Young; Im, Eun Jin

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2013;19(4):581-587.
Published online August 31, 2013.

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The Effect of Bone-Muscle Massage on Belly Obesity of Middle-aged Women

Gyung Suk We, Soo Young We, Eun Jin Im

Abstract

Belly obesity is a cause of gastroenteric disorder, cervical cancer, Gall bladder cancer and breast cancer to middle-aged women as well as causes various diseases including adult diseases. This study compared the test group (bone-muscle massage) to the control group (exercise therapy) to verify the effect of bone muscle massage on decrease in belly obesity. The members of both the groups were physically examined in belly obesity and after the study, 12 times bone-muscle massage was given to the test group and exercise therapy was given to the control group for six weeks. Examination equipment of D oriental clinic such as biochemical blood analysis was used to measure the waist and hip of the subjects. The results of the study are summarized as follows: The test group had decreased waist andhip girth in comparison with the control group. In a biochemical analysis of blood serum, a total of cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol decreased in comparison with the control group. (p<.05) The high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol increased in comparison with the control group (p<.05).

Key Words: Belly obesity, Bone-muscle massage, Exercise therapy, Middle-aged women, Cholesterol